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Collocations for conscience - noun

ADJ.

clear, easy, good
I have a clear conscience.
bad, guilty, terrible, troubled, uneasy | civic, moral, political, social
a government with no social conscience

VERB + CONSCIENCE

have
He had no conscience about taking his brother''s money.
appease, ease, salve, soothe
After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.
prick, trouble | appeal to, arouse, rouse, stir | wrestle with
He wrestled with his conscience all night long.

CONSCIENCE + VERB

trouble sb
Her conscience was troubling her a little.
dictate sth
My conscience dictates that I resign.

PREP.

on your ~
I''m sure she has something on her conscience. | It was on his conscience that he hadn''t called her.

PHRASES

a crisis of conscience, freedom of conscience, in (all/good) conscience
(= honestly) We cannot in all conscience refuse to help.
a matter of conscience
This question is a matter of individual conscience.
a pang/prick/twinge of conscience
I had a sudden pang of conscience that I really ought to tell the truth.
the voice of conscience
She refused to listen to the voice of conscience.

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